Miles and Miles and Finally Smiles

So I spent the last year and three weeks hiding my smile.  I did it in some extremely clever ways.

There was the old "wedge your face against a kid's head" trick...

...the smug, phony half-smile...

...the "tilt my head just perfectly when the camera comes out" smile...

... and the not-at-all obvious "cover half my face with my hand" smile. Subtlety, I have mastered it.

So anyway, after 55 weeks and four surgeries and three months of not chewing, including a Christmas of only eating mashed potatoes and whipped cream, my smile is finally back.

What a relief!